Events

There were a large amount of significant events that happened in the seventeenth century that contributed to US history. The following were the most important.The first would be Bacon's Rebellion. Bacon claimed to be the revolutionary who fought for those who lived in the frontiers and were exposed to the threat or harm by the Indians. He was considered a benevolent despot who turned into a tyrant and at the end became a cruel reactionary. The Glorious Revolution in England is the overthrow of king James 11 of England by a union of English parliamentarians with the successful invasion of England. The Great Awakening is the period of religious revival in the American Religious history. The Great Migration is the period of migration of the English settlers, primarily Puritans to Massachusetts and the West Indies. King Philip's War was the war between Native American inhabitants against the New England and the Native American Allies. King Williams War was the war if the Great Alliance that was fought between England, France, and their respective American Indian Colonist. The Pequot War was an armed conflict between the Pequot tribe against an alliance of the Massachusetts Bay. Hundreds were killed and many more were injured. Salem witchcraft trials were series of hearing held before executing women who were thought to be witches. The "starving time" is the time in which in the colony of Virginia had a period of forced starvation initiated by the Powhatan Confederacy that killed thousands of colonists during the winter. The Stono Uprising was the largest slave uprising in the British Mainland prior to the American Revolution. This were the most significant events in the US history.